Children at a community health event in Timor Leste, one of the locations where Health Alliance International has maternal-child health programs. Photo credit: Jessica Dyer (MPH '15), George Povey Fellow.

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Master of Public Health

The University of Washington’s Department of Global Health Master of Public Health (MPH) program is one of the premier global health programs in the world. The program offers a social justice and practical skills-based framework so graduates can make a difference wherever they work. Students exit with core public health skills in research, analytic methods, proposal development, management, implementation science, health metrics and evaluation, and a deeper understanding of the social, economic, and political determinants of health, and the history of global responses to health problems. Our students and alumni tell us these are some of reasons they choose the University of Washington:

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What Makes Our Program Unique

There are so many factors to consider when choosing a graduate program: curriculum, learning community, location, networking opportunities, faculty engagement to name a few. This video features alumni who share their experiences in the program and is designed to help you answer some of those questions.

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Global Health MPH Academic Tracks

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MPH student Ide Nicole ('15) at a women's empowerment group in Bahunepati

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The General Track is designed for students with substantial global health experience who envision careers requiring an array of competencies. This track allows for maximum flexibility to develop one’s own curricular direction.

Spencer James (MPH '12) with IHME’s collaborator at the University of Zambia, Peter Hangoma.

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The Health Metrics and Evaluation (HME) Track is for students with strong quantitative skills who are interested in research, measurement and analysis of global health challenges used to understand challenges.

Students in this track complete one full year (three academic quarters) of MPH-only coursework after the second or third year of medical school. International work occurs in summers, between rotations, in specialized rotations, or by taking time off.

The primary advantage of the concurrent degree option is that typically it allows the student to complete two degrees in less time than would be required by completing each degree separately. Some requirements, such as the thesis and some course requirements, can – with careful planning – often be met for both degrees by one product or activity.